I swear to God, you can't make this stuff up. From August of 2009:(As an aside, one should note Sandy's level of astonishing cluelessness in constantly and relentlessly moving blog posts and blogs around to the point where links to her idiocy are always breaking and one can't possibly keep up with where she's moved her content this time. But I grow snarky. Onward.)Wait for it ... wait for it ... wait for it ... ah, there it is:This is a heads up to regular visitors. Due to the time required to manage and write two blogs, I have decided to incorporate Just Politics @torytalk.ca with The …
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I swear to God, you can't make this stuff up. From August of 2009:(As an aside, one should note Sandy's level of astonishing cluelessness in constantly and relentlessly moving blog posts and blogs around to the point where links to her idiocy are always breaking and one can't possibly keep up with where she's moved her content this time. But I grow snarky. Onward.)Wait for it ... wait for it ... wait for it ... ah, there it is:This is a heads up to regular visitors. Due to the time required to manage and write two blogs, I have decided to incorporate Just Politics @torytalk.ca with The …
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Blogging Tory Hugh MacIntyre gets all pedantic and everything:Government versus the Conservative PartyThe headline of this story reads 'Tories apologize to India over visa feud.' Shouldn't it read 'government apologize to India over visa feud.' It isn't like the Conservative Party of Canada is making the apology. It is the government.There is a fine line between the actions of a political party in government and the actions of the government. But when dealing directly with foreign powers it is very clear what side of the line it is on. Minister Kenney was speaking on behave [sic] of the …
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Blogging Tory Hugh MacIntyre gets all pedantic and everything:Government versus the Conservative PartyThe headline of this story reads 'Tories apologize to India over visa feud.' Shouldn't it read 'government apologize to India over visa feud.' It isn't like the Conservative Party of Canada is making the apology. It is the government.There is a fine line between the actions of a political party in government and the actions of the government. But when dealing directly with foreign powers it is very clear what side of the line it is on. Minister Kenney was speaking on behave [sic] of the …
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"At the end of the day, [Ethics Committee Chair]Paul Szabo and this kangaroo court have no credibility and no one takes their summons seriously."So said Con MP Pierre Poilievre in August two years ago when he was only an associate member of the Ethics Committee.Since becoming fully-fledged, and also Parliamentary Secretary to Steve, his job there is apparently to pipe up "Point of order" every few minutes like some demented Energizer bunny until the Chair finally cuts his mike.Lib Wayne Easter's spirited response to John Baird's surprise appearance before the Ethics Committee on Tuesday in …
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Canada's Blogging Tories, who absolutely delight in pointing out the dishonesty, hypocrisy and shifting ethical standards of, well, everyone else, have nothing to say on the subject:Pretend you're surprised.P.S. In case you needed reminding: …
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Canada's Blogging Tories, who absolutely delight in pointing out the dishonesty, hypocrisy and shifting ethical standards of, well, everyone else, have nothing to say on the subject:Pretend you're surprised.P.S. In case you needed reminding: …
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Thanks again, Fern Hill! Well, I’m not sure if Dodo has outdone her stupidity tonight or not: but I would like to do a juxtaposing kind of thing. Here goes: I think I will just make a tall strong drink and hate everybody some more. Funny,  I don’t drink at all because it would dull my hatred for certain others. I wonder if her precious Sawah Palin fits in that group of “everybody she hates some more.”? Amazing how that works out, doesn’t it? In other news, perhaps this is a good thing. One less vote for Harpercon come election time, right? …
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First... you get into The Gazetteer's Friday BC Rail post.Then you get into the comments section of that post. You notice a smell. Then you realize that the smell is not the Savary Island septic tanks - it's coming from Belleville Street in Victoria. …
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This video is all over the  blogosphere these days. It is indeed priceless! The self-contradictory Jason Kenney. How’s that spinning thing workin’ for ya? Oops!! Not that well! Carry on! Steve must be so proud now. H/T Calgary Grit, CC, Unrepentant Old Hippie, Impolitical, and too many more to count, I’m sure. …
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I’m going to be there from early in the morning into the afternoon at Calgary Currie’s Alberta Liberal Party booth. Location/Information located at this link. And there will be the free candy we’re passing out. Bright red–Liberal flavored–candy. So come on down to the Lilac festival and enjoy the festivities. [...] …
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I mentioned in an earlier post that for the amount of money being spent on the G8/G20 meetings just for security, the government could build a money wall around the main venue for the G8 summit.I ran a few more numbers. $1.1 billion dollars would allow the government to pay 150,000 security officers $100 per hour for the entire 72 hours and still have $20 million left to buy crullers and large double-doubles from Tim Horton's for the massive security detail.It would take a better mathematician than I am to figure out the all the numbers, but I'm also confident that for $1.1 billion they could …
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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR- CHINA:THE DARK SIDE OF THE I-PAD:Today Apple launched its I-Pad in Canada, Great Britain and 7 other countries. Much as I might have liked to miss the news of people lining up overnight at stores to be the first kid on the block to own the new toy it was inescapable on the radio as I drove around from place to place during work. Now I have to admit that my first impulse was, "what the hell use could this thing have" given the ever-expanding glut of electronic gadgets on the market. This little item, however, has a more serious and darker side beyond frivolity, and this is …
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"At the end of the day, [Ethics Committee Chair]Paul Szabo and this kangaroo court have no credibility and no one takes their summons seriously."So said Con MP Pierre Poilievre in August two years ago when he was only an associate member of the Ethics Committee.Since becoming fully-fledged, and also Parliamentary Secretary to Steve, his job there is apparently to pipe up "Point of order" every few minutes like some demented Energizer bunny until the Chair finally cuts his mike.Lib Wayne Easter's spirited response to John Baird's surprise appearance before the Ethics Committee on Tuesday in …
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I'd like to open this evening with a tune dedicated to Jason Kenney. It's called Somebody Tell the Truth. This is The Band of Heathens. (With a glance in Some Old Guy's direction 'cos he found this vid before I did.) From the Department of Oldies But Goodies: Fats Domino performing Blue Monday. Check out the big saxophone solo. And I do mean that it's a big saxophone. I wonder if Tony Clement has Madison Blues in that vast music collection of his. Here's George Thorogood and the Destroyers. Have a good weekend. …
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As seen from space It’s been over a month since the Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed 11 workers and sent 12-19000 barrels of crude oil on a high-speed ooze into the Gulf of Mexico every single day since.   (Or who knows?). Google Earth image, spill superimposed in black BP has lamely tried various methods of plugging this out-of-control environmental disaster, the latest idea being an operation called a “top kill“. Now it looks like something down there might have exploded(?), but hours later the CNN live streaming still shows the operation functioning as per plan.  …
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It isn't there when you click it, but see the first search result (wiki): …
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The latest edition of the Maple Syrup Revolution - in which Canadian Cynic's Lindsay Stewart returns to discuss copyright, lying Conservative Party of Canada MPs, the Harper government's fear of open government and the insane amount of money being spent on security for the G8 and G20 summits -- is ready for your listening pleasure.Just for fun, I ran some numbers and the 1.1 billion dollars the Canadian government is spending on security for the G8 and G20 summits would build a wall of $10 bills about 3 meters high, 10 centimeters thick and 767 meters long--probably long enough to surround the …
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...what just exploded down there in the deep? And why haven't you mentioned it?I like what this guy (remember him?) has to say about things:The government should immediately freeze BP's assets and start to charge the corporation -- say $100 million -- each day the oil flows. The money could be held in a fund that U.S. government draws on to take care of the people along the Gulf Coast and pay the states for doing the cleanup. Next, BP and the government bureaucrats who broke a law and put the public at risk need to go to jail. An oil company just took out a coastline and big piece of …
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Seriously, go wild.WELL, THAT'S JUST EMBARRASSING: Commenter Lenny draws our attention to this. I am ashamed. …
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Seriously, go wild.WELL, THAT'S JUST EMBARRASSING: Commenter Lenny draws our attention to this. I am ashamed. …
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Louisville, May 13, 2010 - Members of Local 145 of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers (CEP-FTQ) have ratified today the tentative settlement reached with the employer it A few days ago to 75.6%. The negotiating committee also recommended the acceptance of this agreement. Among the highlights include: * better protection of the work sent by limiting subcontracting, * respect for seniority in awarding the work and the movement of labor, * training for employees who occupy a new position; * a collective of five years with average wage increases the first year of 10% and …
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Maybe this article provides a lesson for the CEP construction arm waving the Canadian flag can only get you so far were is the beef. Construction workers are not as stupid as you believe them to be. April 28, 2010Skilled labourUnion raiding season in Ontario quiet this yearVINCE VERSACEstaff writer So far, so quiet, is the best way to describe the current raiding season according to some of the projected noisemakers on Ontario’s labour front.“It has been very quiet, our members are happy with what they have with us,” said Durval Terceira, business manager of Local 183, Labourers’ …
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Just as predicted, and predictable as per usual. A while back I wrote about how abortion and maternal health was going to be swept under the proverbial rug of politics going into the G20/G8 this summer. Well, uhh, it has. Controversial issues like abortion are “sideshows” that are detracting from the real issue – the economy [...] …
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There's quite a bit in this Thomas Friedman column on Iran that's problematic but there is one particularly glaring bit of dishonesty. Iran recently agreed to a deal to ship some of its enriched uranium stockpile to Turkey in return for a quantity that's been further enriched for use in a medical reactor. In his efforts to slam the deal Friedman manages to cough up this whopper: ... that would still leave Iran with a roughly 2,200-pound uranium stockpile, which it still refuses to put under international inspection and is free to augment and continue to reprocess to the higher levels needed …
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As the fifth anniversary of Dawg's Blawg approaches, I shall be taking about a month or so off to complete my thesis on the formation of Nunavut. My blogging activity, therefore, will be very light indeed, although you can expect a post or two here and there.The wonderful Alison at Creekside has agreed to join up with my co-bloggers John Cross and Marie Ève so this place doesn't go to rack and ruin.For your sign-off entertainment, here is a panel discussion on the Ottawa bank bombing, featuring corporate expert John Berlinger Hardy, criminal profiler Pat Brown, and--yours truly.Have a good …
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My new favorite thing! These scrumptious vegan treats travel well, and can last for up to a week. Thanks to Hannah Kaminsky and VegNews for the recipe! (Lemon image at left is from Jingle.)~*~IngredientsFor crusts:1 cup flour1/2 cup almond meal1/4 tsp salt1/4 cup unsweetened soy yogurt2 tbsp canola oil2 tbsp sugar1-2 tbsp waterFor filling:3 medium lemons1 1/4 cups sugar1/4 cup arrowroot powder2 tsp vanilla1/8 tsp salt1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease 8 3-inch tartlet tins (can use cupcake tins, in a pinch). Set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, almond meal and …
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Investigator Warned MMS in 2009 About Deepwater Gas Blowouts in Gulf of Mexico A sixty-page memorandum addressed to Renee Orr, the chief of the leasing division of the Minerals Management Service (MMS), was sent in September 2009 by an environmental investigator, warning of potential disaster in offshore drilling operations and the particular dangers posed by gas hydrates. It was written as a public comment to the federal government's proposed rule for oil and gas leasing between 2010 and 2015 on the outer continental shelf, and offers a wide-ranging compilation and analysis, based on …
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The unfuckable Jason Kenney launches the Conservative Party of Canada space program, powered by a heady mixture of flat out lies and methane. Should you have a moment or three the good Rev. paperboy called me up late last night and we had a little chat. Tune on in to the Maple Syrup Revolution for tales of fibbers, cons and douchebags named Baird. …
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The unfuckable Jason Kenney launches the Conservative Party of Canada space program, powered by a heady mixture of flat out lies and methane. Should you have a moment or three the good Rev. paperboy called me up late last night and we had a little chat. Tune on in to the Maple Syrup Revolution for tales of fibbers, cons and douchebags named Baird. …
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You will, I wager, not find a single Blogging Tory calling out Tony Clement on this:Clement took part in a 2008 promotional video for Lord & Partners Ltd., a company that produces environmentally friendly cleaning products. The company is based in Clement's Ontario riding of Parry Sound-Muskoka.In the video, Clement identifies himself as the minister of health, as he was at the time, and extends greetings to the people of China "on behalf of myself and the government of Canada."And here's the fun part:As industry minister, Clement subsequently appointed the producer of the video, longtime …
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You will, I wager, not find a single Blogging Tory calling out Tony Clement on this:Clement took part in a 2008 promotional video for Lord & Partners Ltd., a company that produces environmentally friendly cleaning products. The company is based in Clement's Ontario riding of Parry Sound-Muskoka.In the video, Clement identifies himself as the minister of health, as he was at the time, and extends greetings to the people of China "on behalf of myself and the government of Canada."And here's the fun part:As industry minister, Clement subsequently appointed the producer of the video, longtime …
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via Boris at The Beav, Stageleft , CC , Dammit Janet , the Rev, JJ , Saskboy , JAWL, KNB , MgS, The Jurist, and suddenly you have a duplicitous douchebag with a bullet. More bullets, please.Dave calls him out, mano a guano. Heh. And Boris. Boris nails it : Conservatives are not right in the head.. …
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